2010
DOI: 10.1016/j.riam.2010.09.002
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Sudden blindness due to bilateral optic neuropathy associated with cryptococcal meningitis in an AIDS patient

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“…As a secondary choice, some clinicians prefer to place a lumbar drainage, which has a high risk of infection or malfunction 8 . The need for permanent VP shunting after 4 weeks of appropriate antifungal therapy is often necessary in patients who require serial lumbar punctures 9 .…”
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“…As a secondary choice, some clinicians prefer to place a lumbar drainage, which has a high risk of infection or malfunction 8 . The need for permanent VP shunting after 4 weeks of appropriate antifungal therapy is often necessary in patients who require serial lumbar punctures 9 .…”
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“…Robinson and colleagues 10 suggest that a positive CSF culture for C. neoformans after 2 weeks of antifungal therapy is associated with a poor clinical outcome in comparison with a negative result. Elevated intracranial pressure is another signifi cant and predictive factor for morbidity and mortality in patients with HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis 9 . Patients who present high intracranial pressure that persist despite antifungal therapy based on amphotericin B plus fl uconazole or fl ucytosine, have a high risk of serious sequelae and mortality rates.…”
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“…En otra serie de 82 pacientes inmunocomprometidos, donde el 95% de ellos estaban infectados con Cryptococcus gattii, se observó pérdida de la visión en la mitad de los que sobrevivieron. Entre ellos el 50% mostró atrofia primaria del nervio óptico 12 . Generalmente, las pérdidas de visión, que se describen en relación a la hipertensión endocraneana, tienen un carácter progresivo.…”
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“…Generalmente, las pérdidas de visión, que se describen en relación a la hipertensión endocraneana, tienen un carácter progresivo. La pérdida aguda de la visión suele estar vinculada a mecanismos diferentes al del papiledema 12 . Se han descrito casos atribuibles a aracnoiditis aguda que pueden llevar a una neuropatía del nervio óptico, fenómeno que también puede ser subagudo o crónico, en esos casos se ven alteraciones del campo visual, que son eventualmente reversibles.…”
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